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VOL. XXVII. NO 9
TO THE CIRCUS.
/ *
BARNUM * ItAII.EY EXCURSIONS TO
BE RUN ON ALL RAILROADS.
The great Bartimn A Hailey
Circus is to exhibit in Atlanta
May 17th, and for the notable
occasion all railroads will make
a special low round trip ticket,
bo all those who desire to wit
ness the “Greatest Show on
Earth,” can do so at a small
expense. The Rarmun A Hai
ley Circus this year, while al
ways the best and biggest in the
past, is now conceded to be the
most incomparable exhibition
in the entire world. Nothing
has ever, or will ever approach
it for the genuine merit of its
circn . p Tformauce, the size and
comp e.eaess of its menagerie,
and the wonderful display of its
gorgeous equipment The
shows require sixty big railroad
cars for its transportation, em
ploys 700 people and posseses
400 horses and half a hundred
cages of rare animals. Its daily
expenses are over $5,000, and il
annually instructs and enter
tains several million of patrons.
It is the big show of the uni
verse and one of the largest en
1 terprises in the entire world
i It will bo a great day for this
vacinity, and doubtless a large
crowd will avail themselves of
the low rate and attend the per
formance from this place.
LIGHTNING. PLAYS HAVOC
AT WINDER.
We all noticed the thunder
and lightening Friday, but ap
prehended no serious danger
However it was different at
Winder Suddenly there was a
terrible crash, accompanied by
a vivid (lash of lightening.
The Harvil brothers were un
hitching a mule in an open
space, when the bolt struck and
knocked them both down. A
number of men sitting at
Smith & Carither's store were
jarred and stunned by the bolt,
Curtis Sanders, who was sit
ting in a door, out a mile from
town, wns struck on the right
hip by a similar bolt. It run
down his leg, making havoc of
his trousers, and upon reaching
his shoe, bursted it ull to puces
in its efforts to get free. For
tunately, those were all the in
juries he received. Ilis escape
was almost miraculous.—Mon
roe Measengi r.
INFORMATION ABOUT
GREECE.
It has a population of 2.187,-
208.
Its is called “Hellas” by its
people.
The mean temperature of
Greece is 01 degrees Fahren
heit.
No part of Greece is forty
miles from the sea or ten from
the hills.
About one half of the popula
tion are agriculturists und shep
herds.
it has an area of 24,077
square miles.
It is the only country in the
world whose armies are provid
ed with the Gras guns and pa
per-oovered earl ridges.
The Greek (lag is a white
cross on a blue ground—the Ba
varian colors and the Greek
cross.
Greece is more thickly popu
lated than any other country in
Europe, with the exception of
Sweden and Prussia.
It ha* few rivers aiul many
hills. None of the former are
navigable and many <>f the lat
ter are fortified.
It* present boundary limits
wpre determined by an arrange
ment iiipong If rent Britain,
France, ltussia and Turkey,
concluded at Constantinople on
July 81, 18112.
Only about 7b,000 of the in
habitants speak any language
other than Greek, and only
about 20,000 profess any relig
ion other than the orthodox.
The chief characteristics of
the average Greek are his in
oujsitjvenes*, fondness tor ex
(Uteinent, loV of discussion, de
*ijo for knowledge, an aptitude
for learning, and aggressive pa
triotism.
The olimate has two striking
peculiarities —the heat in sum
mer and the cold in winter ate
far more intense than those >»t
any other country in the world
Jving in the same latitude.
Gell once remark J that in
traveling through the More* in
March he found “summer in
Mesaeuia, spring in I.aooui; and
winter in Arcadia, without hav
ing moved beyond a radius of
fitly miles.”—New York Sun
Griggs—Strange thing, Mir
andy; even time you draw a
breath someb »dy dies.
Mrs. Griggs—Well, i ain’t go
jug to at<>p breathing on tliat ac
count.
The Gwinnett Her
WRITTEN FOR THE HERALD.
STONE MOUNTAIN PICNIC.
May is the time of year for
picnics. It is the month of
flowers, and the rose is in full
bloom, sending forth its sweet
fragrance.
There was an excursion train
to nun from Higgsville to Stone
Mountain, so me and Newman
took advantage of low rate tick
ets and made preparations for
the occasion before the time ar
rived. We sold eggs to ped
dlers at 8 cents a dozen when
we could have got 10 cents in
trade at Higgsville, but we had
to meet the demands of the oc
casion if wo had to sell them at
5 cents. So we had every thing
in perfect trim by t he first Sun
day in May.
Newman had bought a pair
of brogan boots, and Clarinda
had strained every nerve in her
body to get the cloth out of the
loom and cut and make him a
pair of new breeches. He had
a good old blue yankee coat,
with brass buttons on it, that
he has had ever since the war ;
and it made him look like an
officer of some kind. Clarinda
washed, starched and ironed his
dd red handkerchief, and had
it so stiff that when ho tied it
around his neck it stood up
like a collar, extending above
his far-. To have the thing
complete, Clarinda gathered
some roses and pinned a big
bouquet on his coat. Newman
objected to this, but she insist
ed on his wearing it, and not
go out in company looking
worse than anybo.dy else. “You
i knoy,” said she, “your charac-
J ter is mine, and if you are not
dressed up like other folks they
will talk about me being no ac
count.’’
About this time the train
gave a keen blast, which was a
signal for all to get on board.
Everybody rushed for the train
at once, pushing and scronging,
aud soon we were all on and
the train moved off.
The train run at the rate of
a mile and a half a minute, and
it wasn’t long before the whistle
blowed for Atlanta Here New
man expected to be interviewed
by a Constitution reporter, but
no reoorter came, but some
thing more attractive than re
porters; it was a crowd of At
lanta women.
This put a restless spell on
Newman so that he couldn’t
keep still, but just walked the
isle of the car. Each step lie
made his boots would cry like a
baby with the three-months
colic. This, of course, attract
ed considerable attention; all
eyes were gazing at him, es
pecially those Atlanta ladies.
This brought a smile on New
man’s face that made him shew
all his teeth and half of Ins
chaw of home-made tobacco.
Just at this time tin* porter
came through the car and call
ed out, “Stone Mountain!”
This caused a snatching of bas
k >ts, bundles, etc.
Sooij our crowd was off the
train and on our way to the
mountain, We went down the
Yenuhle railroad on foot and
soon were climbing the moun
tain.
All this time Newman kept
his eye on those Atlanta girls,
and gathered yellow flowers and
give to oue of them. I saw at
once where he was drifting and
how those girls had ent rapped
him.
Before we reached the summit
we came to a steep place, New
man hud been waiting fur an
opportunity to do some service,
and here it presented itself.
“Let me assist you, miss,” said
he.
•‘Thunk you,” she replied,
and he helped her over the steep
place.
“I appreciate your kindness
very much,” she said, “and if
you have no one to look after, I
would he very thankful if you
w ould show me over the moun
tain.”
“Of courso I will, with the
greatest pleasure,” said New
man, ai d he began to swell up
until he looked as large as two
Newmans, and he strutted
around worse than a turkey
gobbler in the spring of the
! year.
In a short time after we got
to the mountain, and viewed
: the surrounding oountry, New
j man and his mate took a stroll
to gather wild dowers.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 1 Ith 1 897.
That was the last I saw of
them until wo came down.
They were decorated from the
ground up wit h yellow flowers
Newman’s boquet was consider
ably wilted, the one that be
longed to Clarinda.
They separated pretty soon
and Newman come to me and
said: “This has l>ci*n a delight
ful day with me; never enjoyed
a day better m my life. I don't
want you to let Clarinda know
anything about it,for you know,
Snipe, she’s so superstitious
that she would talk about that
poor girl if she didn’t say any
thing out of the way about me
It was the sympathy that I had
for her caused nie to take care
of her today. I am coming
back to picnic again before*May
is out, if Clarinda don’t find it
out and raise objections.”
About this time the ear bell
began to ring and we made a
rush for the train.
The last word I heard from
Newman was, “I am coming
back to picnic again.”
Rube Snipe.
BED-TIME STORIES.
To send children happily to
bed sho'uld be one of the moth
er’s most ordinary tasks. No
little one should dread the bed
time hour, nor fear the dark,
nor he allowed to go to rest mi
der a sense of disgrace or alien
ation from household love.
Whatever the child’s daytime
naughtiness may have been, at
nightfall he should be forgiven
and go t 6 rest with the mother's
kiss on his lips and her tender
voice in his ears.
Hardly anything can be worse
for a young child than to be
scolded or punished at bed-time
The mother does well to be a
little blind to some things, re
membering that a good deal of
childish culpability is super
ficial only, and washes off al
most as easily as does the dirt
which the evening bath removes
from the skin.
The main thing with children
is to have them well started
good principles, which they will
carry through life. Obedience,
truth, unselfishness, purity, arc
essentials, and these can all be
lovingly cultivated, and will
flourish in the right home at
mosphere.
When the nursery brood is
undressed and in btd, the lights
turned low, the room quiet for
the night the mother or nurse,
or elder sister, or the kind
auntie, who is still to lie found
in sumo fortunate houses,
should have a little fund of
stories on which to draw for the
small listeners’ pleasure before
they embark on the train for
dreamland.
Fairy stories are always en
joyed by children, aud the lit
erature of fuiryjand is not far
to seek. Imagination is very
active in children, and occas
sionslly one meets a mother
who does not understand the
child’s world, having forgotten
her own early days and their il
lusions, or who is afraid that
fancy and its imageries will lead
her child into deoeit. While
the most exact and rigid truth
fulness should be practiced in
our dealing with children, and
they themselves should be
taught to shun equivocation and
every forn of lying, stilt we need
not fear to let imagination give
them pleasure.
They early to di»crimi
iuote between the false aud the
true —or perhaps it would be
better to say that they learn to
find the truth wrapped up in
the husk of the story. Our
fairy lore is older than civiliza
tion. The same stories, with
variations, have in all ages and
climes been taught and told to
children, and they have their
origin in the needs and the
heart of the race Children
thrive on fairy stories, and arp
the better able to grasp other
literature if early fed on these.
THREE OLD MAIDS.
Miss Nancy Oliver died uear
Stillmoro, Ga , recently at the
ripe old age of tiß years aud a
few months. -She was one of a
family of three old maids, who
lived down op Jack’s Creek,
near the Ohnoppe river, for oyer
half a oentqry in a small log
house of but ope room, They
lived by carding, spinning and
weaving by hand lor people
living near them. Auut Nancy
is the second one to die. ]jer
sister Sallie died a few years
ago at the age of 98. Only oue
member of the family is now
living, Aunt Milbry, who is the
oldest of the three sisters.—Con
ktitution.
GEORGIA'S FIRST WOMA .
HANGING.
POLLY BARCLAY, A WOMAN l
RARE BEAUTY, WAS EXECU
TED AT WASHINGTON IN
18(H).
The sentence of Mrs. Nobles
to hang has brought about an
interesting discussion as to the
first woman legally i fecit ted in
Georgia.
The Constitution received a
communication from a well
known and well-posted Georgia
lady who has given the question
a careful stndy. She has delved
into old records and now bring
out indisputable evidence that
Polly Barclay was the firs:
white female to’die on a scaf
fold in the state.
Here is what she snys:
“The first white won an hung
by legal sentence in Georgia
was Mary, or Polly Barclay
She was executed in Wilkes
county May 5»0, 18<m>. There
is no doubt whatever of this
fact. Among the records of
the superior court of Wilkes,
preserved in the office of Allied
Harnett ~ who is now clerk of
the court, there is a volume of
minutes labeled, ‘Min. from
1807) to 1808.’ This book is be
fore me, and from page 97 I
copy the following extract about
the trial, dated May 9, 1800:
-“ ‘The State v. Polly Barclay
and Mark Mitchum-lndictment
for Murder. Jury:
Joshua Chapin,
James Henderson,
Jesse McLean,
Bernard Kelly,
Peter Stovall,
Christopher Bitlns,
Thomas Chi vers, J r.,
John Kory,
William Kilgore,
Thomas Hudspeth,
John Craten,
Charles Terrell.
“ ‘We, the jury, find tin* pris
oner at the bar guilty, but r< c
om mend her to merry.
‘Charles H. Terrell,
‘Foreman.’
“The case of Mark Miiehtnu
was nol pressed by consent of
court.
“From page 105, of the date
of May 10, 1800, we make the
following extract:
“‘The State v. Polly Barclay
—lndictment of Murder. Ver
dict of Guilty,
“ ‘Thp prisoner being brought
on this day to the bar of the
court, and being asked if sin
had anything to say why the
sentence of death should imt
be passed upon her, and noth
ing having been offered, the
court proceeded to pronoun- <
the following sentence: ‘T! at
you, Polly Barclay, be taken
from the bar to the place from
whence you came, there to ie
nmin until Friday, the 18th day
of this present month of M v,
and that on the aforesaid 18th
day of May, you are to lie taken
by a proper officer to a gallows
previously to be erected in or
near the town of Washington,
and then and there, on the day
aforesaid, between the hours of
10 o’clock in the forenoon and
2 o’clock in the afternoon, you
are to be hung by the neck until
you are dead, and the Lord Im'e
meroy on you.'
“The judge was Hon. Charles
Tait, who afterwards became
United tit a tea senator in con
gress. The record gives no in
formation us to who the state's
prosecuting officer, or the coun
sel of tlie prisoner. Judge Tait
had bepn a teacher and was a
man of cultivation. Discharge
to the grand jury us (Stiff is in
that slightly stilted style which
was the fashion of those days,
Imt it is creditable., lie im
presses the importance of pun
ishing crime. He thinks some
punishments are too severe,
but from what he *gys, he re
fers to making cattle stealing a
capital offense,
“Before leaving the record of
the trial, 1 will call attention
to the fact that this whole I rial,
examination of witnesses,speech
es of law yers, charge of judge,
deliberations of jury, took place
in n single dgy, and tin. record
shows that other business v.us
accomplished also in that day.
“On the 80th of May it will
be ninety-one years since sh. se
events happened,and they were
fast (lassing into oblivion. One
newspaper said that Susan Kb,
erhart was the first white wo
man hung in Georgia, anti when
1 went to work a few years ago
to inquire into the story which
the old people used to tell,there
was but one living witness of
tlie tragedy, the oldest man in
(In* county (since dead) ninety
years old. He was a Mr. Free
man. and when a boy eight
years old lie had seen the execu
tion of Polly Barclay. Anoth
er eye witness of the same age
'iad been dead but a short time.
Rev. Mieajah Lane.
“John and Polly Barclay
lived on tin* Augusta road
northeast from Washington.
\ll the traditions represent litjr
is a beautiful woman and she
had a lover. She planned to
kill her husband. It is said
die paid her half brother S2OO
to do the deed. It was in the
fall of the year and the deed
was committed on a beautiful,
clear, cool moonlight night. A
number of visitors were assem
bled at the Barclay home. A
noise was heard at cotton house
which he had, just on the road,
■And his wife reminded Mr. Bar
day that his cattle had been
stolen, and advised him to go
and look after them. He was
not very willing, and some of
the visitors afterwards rsirem
bored that she had urged him to
go. He went and soon a shot
was heard and he was found
dead. -
“About a mile away through
itlic woods a family lived
' There were children and they
j went out to play in the moon
I light. While they were thus
| engaged they heard the sharp
! report of a gun ring out on the
i risp evening air. Next day
they heard that Mr. Barclay
was killed and knew they had
heard the shot. One of the
Iwiys was Mieajah Lane, who
lived to tell the story, when
I nearly ninety years old.
“At first Mrs. Barclay was
not suspected. But her eon
duet had not been prudent, and
after a while people began to
talk and put things together,
and finally the talk ended in
her arrest . The lover suocecd
je.l in getting away and the
brother also who did the deed
They brought her to Washing
ton and put her in jail. On
i the trial her uncommon beauty
attracted great attention, and
it is said that some of the men
sent her word that she should
not be bung. She believed
them and to tin* very last was
expecting a rescue.
“The conviction was mainly
due to one witness. He was a
half-grown youth, who lived
with her husband. He bad
been sick, and was lying by the
fire one Sunday afternoon, sup
posed to be asleep, when she
bargained to have her husband
killed. A strong effort was
made to destroy the credibility
of his testimony, but ho stuck
to the same story. The jury
ho'ieved him and convicted her.
It was said that she went to ex
ecution arrayed in a silk dress.
When the sheriff came for her,
it is said he put his hand in his
pocket and she thought he was
going to take out a pardon from
the governor, to whom an ur
gent appeal had been made.
“Mr. Barclay was buried
where ho fell, just on the edge
of the road. Since the Georgia
railroad has been built it is a
lonely, little used road. But
whenever the road has been
worked sinoe the tragedy the
workers always heap up the
dirt on that grave, so that the
site is remembered and pointed
out. Ou Callaway’s map of
Wilkes county the place is
marked as ‘Murdered Bartlett’s
grave.’ The name Barclay was
corrupted to Bartlett.
“1 have written the essentia]
facts as correctly as I can, and
1 never intend in write them
gain. It is a gr-wsnine sub
ject. Eliza A. Bowen.”
KING OF DL'DES.
The greatest dandy in the
world isprinoo Albert of Thurn,
Germany.
This fastidious young man
attires himself in it n* W sltU of
elothes every e’uy, enough^'ear
ly to keep twenty experienced
workmen going and to run up
a hill of $15,000. Each suit of
wearing iipparel is highly per
fumed with attar of roses at $25
an ounce, He wears no le.is
than 1,000 neckties during a
year, being an average of three
every day. A laundry'employ,
iug twelve people i» kept spe
cially for washing his soiled
linen, which he never wears
more than twice, and his cast
off boots number 200 pairs a
year.
Uiyaua Tabula* cur* bail bieaUi.
THE POOREST MAN."
“Who is the poorest man in
the world today ? The poorest
man I know is the man w ho has
nothing but money—nothing
else in the world but money—
only money.”
It was a man with iron hair
and an iron gray mustache who
spoke the words, and he repeat
ed the last ones with emotion.
The man who spoke has en
dowed the University of Chicago
with millions upon millions of
dollars, lie is Jc hn D. Rocke
feller. who a short time since,
in the parlors of the Fifth Ave
nue Baptist church, addressed
the young men’s Bible class.
Mr. Rockefeller held in his
hands a cheap looking little
yellow backed account book.
“This is my ledger,” he said.
■‘My first business training was
in keeping a ledger. It was at
the time when 1 began to spend
earnings in my first struggle to
get a footing.
“It was a very bard struggle.
When 1 put my head on my
pillow the contents of this little
ledger then kept running in my
mind until I awakened the next
morning.
“Besides the accounts I kept
in this book there were memo
randa of occurrences. In after
vears I found it. I kept it more
than 42 years ago. In decipher
ing some writing on the back of
it here, 1 see that I called it
‘Ledger A.’ I place great value
upon the little book.”
Rockefeller’s hands trembled
as he turn id the pages of the
little volume which he had tn
ken from a bigenyelope in his
inside pocket.
“It was important to me to
be particular at that time a'anit
items of receipts and disburse
ments,” he continued. “I hope
yon voting men are all careful
1 behove it is a religious duty
to get all the money you can,
get it fairly, religiously and
honestly—and give away all you
can. , * r
“I would not dare to let you
rebd this book. My children
read it, and said that I didn’t
spell toothbrush correctly. 1
haven’t secpi this book for 2b
years. You couldn’t get it from
qiu for all the modern ledgers
in New York and what they all
could bring in.
“It reports what I received
and paid out fin several years.
Here is an item:
Income from Dec.-26, 1855 to
Jon. 20, 18515, sf>(>.
“And I lived within my in
some. Out of that I paid my
washerwoman, the lady with
whom I boarded, and 1 saved a
little aud put it away.
“I see that 1 paid in the Sun
day school every Sundar 1 cent.
It was all that I had to give. 1
had a large increase of revenue
the next year. It was increased
$25 a month.
“1 was ns independent in those
days as Mr. Astor. But when
I got that increase I felt guilty.
I felt liko a criminal—like a
capitalist. We had no trusts
or capitalists in those days.
“1 remember the clothes I
bought. I didn’t patronize u
fashionable tailor. I boagbt
my olother from a cheap clothi
er. Tho cloth“s were good and
such as I could pay{for. Let
me give you all a word of ad
vice: Live within your means.”
Curiosity prompted Mr. Rock
efeller here to ask all those to
raise their hands who had come
to New York from the country.
Nine-tenths of the young men
raised their hands, to the evi
dent pleasure of the speaker.
“City men haven’t had the
struggles we had who came
from the country,” ho said.
»“A few days ago I had a talk
with a carpenter who was going
to make a building comfortable
were help were going to sleep.
There were two big spaces which
he closed with mineral wool, so
the dump wouldn’t come in, he
suid. Then on the next floor
he showed me two spuces lie
was ulso going to close with
wool ‘so that,’ as ho expressed
it, ‘the sleeper there, a house
man, would not have to hear
the rain drops fall upon the
j roof. ”’
This seemed to affojd Mr.
Rockefeller infinite amuse,
mont.
“Why,” he said, “the car
penter’s suggestion made me
think of my own experience,
when sleeping under the. roof.
1 know that 1 heard the ruin
full, and when I looked up 1
could see the shingles, amt in
one place a big crack througli
winch the sky was visible. It
was pretty ted there iusummer,
: but I preferred summer on the
whole.
“I think 1 was better for that
sort of experience, and my head
is full of sadness as l cor.te'm
plate the condition of n number
of young fellows that 1 know in
this city. Their fathers have
plenty of money, but the boys
have not the ghost of a clutuci
in competing with you who
came from the country. They
will go down and you will take
their places.
“What is success? Is it to
get‘money ? Well, is that suc
cess? The poorest man 1 know
is tin* nmu who lias nothing but
money. If J, had my choice to,-
with it and
let your fathers*' ’ ’
see what you hi. _
down.
“In a year or two I n. i
to save nearly SI,OOO. He. ■
an item as to my clothes. M l
clothes from November, 1856, j
to November, 1856, cost me just j
$9.00. Here is one bit of ex-1
travagance which had quite es- j
caped my memory ‘pair of fur j
gloves, s2.’ Here are other!
items: •
Mittens, SI shillings.
Given away, $5.58. H
Missionary cause, Nov. 25,
15c.
Ministerial student, 10c.
Night Society, inc.
Sabbath school, sc.
Present to Sabbath school
superintendent, 25c.
“I was living in Cleveland
then, and 1 must have felt sor
ry for New York. Here is an
item: Five Points Mission, 12
cents.
“We find a littlrf paper pub
lished by the Sunday school
called the Macedonian. I sub
scribed to that. The re was a
venerable teacher in mv class,
a Scotchman, and a great Bible
student. He is down for twen
ty-live cents.
“All these little things helped
me to come into sympathy with
many undertakings,‘both relig
ious and philanthorpic. Mv
opinion is that no man can
trust himself to wait until he
has accumulated a great fortune
before he is charitable. ll*-
must give away some money
continually.”
TALK WITH MRS. NOBLES.
From The Statesboro Star.
Mrs. Nobles was visited re
cently by one of the ladies who
have taken so much interest in
her case, by Dr. Monk and a
representative of this paper.
She was found lying on her cot
with her face to the wall, ap
parently suffering from tho ef
fects of several chills she had
experienced. She was not well
enough to sit up, but was glad
to see her visitors, and talked
freely to them. Dr. Monk ask
ed her how she felt and she re
plied:
“I’m feeling’ mighty bud; 1
ain’t well by no means. Haven’t
felt well In a right smart while.’
She was asked by l)r. Monk
if she recalled him and his wife
and n visit they made to her
some time ago. Sho could not
locate him, but remembered
Mrs. Monk very well and later
requested that she come to see
her again.
“Are you a Christian, Mrs.
Nobles?” Dr. Monk linked.
“I have been—use ter belong
tor the Baptist church.’
“Can you road your Bible,
and do you pruy to -God every
day?’
“1 can’t read, but 1 pray.’
“Are yon resigned to Him—
that is, willing for His will to
be done?’
“Oh, yet, I am willing for
His will to be done, but not for
judges and juries to have their
way. 1 didn’t want other peo
ple ty have their way, but what
can i do? I can't help myself.'
Dr. Monk then explained tin
will of God, and what resigna
tion meant, and remarked:
“We are in sympathy with
you before God, my poor wo
man. and Christian people a*
mv church nnd elsewhere an
praying for you. ’
“Some are prayin’ fer me am
some agin me. 1 ain’t heari
’em, of course, but heard it
talked of.’ •
“Have you any doubt, ’ Dr.
Monk inquired, “that you will
go to heaven when you die?’
“1 don’t doubt I will g<
hone, * she suid.
“Do you want to say anything
about the crime you un- charged
with?’
*! have said all I can say,'
. “Are yen guilty or not?’
‘I am inm cent.’
“You have never confessed
that you were guilty to any
one?’
“To nobody. How could I,
who.: 1 was innocent?’
“Did you know anything of
the crime before it was commit
ted?’ Dr. Monk asked.
“Not a word.’
“Had yon uny intiumtiou it
was going to be committed?’
“None. 1
“Did you have any under
, standing with *ny oue übout
j
Celebrated for its greHHj
saiTi'gtli ami huiiitliftilw^ 1
surest lie food against aluflf
form-' of adulteration e "s
the elieap brands. KoyAiUj
I'owt'Ku Comi’anv, New Ya>
i'- r . '
I did not.’
“Did yon evergiMK “
(.u- Families a iMR
, ».-> Thq_~
llt "' YfV •
I G..\, r did. 1 ; n
"Now. if you have
. . W* ’» *>*
i'» say t<» Christian p6t»p&.
lit world, thaty^
not said about this mi^^^
•
“You may tell them,
am gone, a poor old innoceut’
woman has been put to death',
if it pleases God to take me be
toro that old negro. I don’t
want the rope to slip from him.
He and his wife ought to hang
that’s where they ought to be.’
ALL SORTS?
From Washington to Athens
is 5,005 miles.
Governor Atkinson says that
he would rather serve two yeivrs.
in the penitentiary than to risk
his chances six montns in a
couty convict camp.
Dice'are made from ivory or
bone, a cutting machine reduc
ing the cubes to near tho size
required, after which they are
polished, generally by hand.*.
Knives of flint and other stone
breaking with a sharp fracture
were known in early times.
When the Spaniards invaded
Mexico, the natives had knives
of volcanic glass. '
A forward stride has been
made in raising trotting horses.
In 1867 only nineteen horses
had ever made the mile gait at
2:80. Now there are more than
18,000.
Twelve veterans of the war of
1812 are yet living, with ages
running from 00 to 104 years.
The government is about to in
crease their pensions from sl2
to SBO a month each.
Col. Mosbv, the ex-Confeder
ate of guerilla fame, is being
mentioned favorably a- the
successor to Fitzhugh Lee in
Havana. When a cool, level
headed and brave man is want
ed for ticklish work, look to the
South and find him.
Kate, the African lioness at
Grant park, Atlanta, is dying.
Kate is 85 years old, deaf, lame
and gray. She has. since being
brought to this country, killed
three o f her keepers, and has
it least a dozen bullets under
her hide.
Bailey of Texas and McMilan
of Tennesse are squabbling over
the leadership of the house.
What one does the other lights.
There is an eternal squabble
and us a consequence the Dem
ocratic side is the laughingstock
of the Republicans.
Mr. McKinley has given three
prominent offices to Southern
Republicans, Mr. Gary of Mary
laud has been made postmaster
general; Mr. 11. Clay Evans of
Tennessee has been made com
missioner of i>engioiis, and Col.
Buck has been made minister
to Japan.
Ten million dollars worth of
Georgia marble is now used in
the construction of three fa
mous buildings: The State
capitol of Rhode Island, the
cathedral of St. Sohn, and St.
L uke's hospital, New York.
Pretty soon Georgia will be the
mly State whose capitol build
ing is not constructed of Geor
gia marble.
“Help! help!” cried the
drowning man. “I am drown
ing ”
“Jove! Wliut an opportuni
ty ! ” cried the reporter on the
shore, whipping out his note
book. “Quick —tell me your
sensations, aud I'll give you a
•suul-oll* hi next Sunday's ]>a
|n-r ”
But it was too late; the man
had gone down for the third
time.—Harper’s Bazar.
A Kansas school man m has
introduced a new feature in her
school. When one of the girls
misses a word the boy who spills
it gets permission to kiss her.
\ml tin- girls are continually